Are movie theaters in China an unofficial indication of the countryโs success at eradicating the COVID-19 outbreak? According to the Hollywood Reporter, China has ordered all its movie theaters to shutter again without explanation after hundreds had already reopened.
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Adult entertainment site Pornhub, which is blocked in China, has implemented a ban on the Chinese words for โrapeโ (ๅผบๅฅธ qiรกngjiฤn), โgang rapeโ (่ฝฎๅฅธ lรบnjiฤn), and โdrug-facilitated rapeโ (่ฟทๅฅธ mรญjiฤn). The move came in response to an online campaign on Weibo that accused the website of allowing videos of rape and sexual abuse to be uploaded and making the content easily accessible to Chinese-speaking users.
As China fought to slow the spread of COVID-19, vast numbers of Chinese people were advised to practice social distancing, and self-isolation. While home was widely considered the safest place in the time of the coronavirus, the outbreak proved to be an especially dangerous time for those living with an abusive partner or family member.
As coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, a growing number of Chinese students studying abroad have been racing to return home to China. Despite mandatory preventive measures, many of them have found themselves on the receiving end of intense criticism on social media, with some extreme comments accusing them of harming the countryโs efforts to curb the epidemic and exploiting local medical resources without contributing anything.
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Virtual reality (VR) โ long touted as a life-altering technological breakthrough โ hasnโt properly taken off in China as a consumer product. Yet the Chinese real estate industry is rapidly expanding its push into VR, as the COVID-19 epidemic has made real-world home tours almost impossible.
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